All Digital Focus articles – Page 30

  • Only Connect
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    BBC4 enjoys the sweet life

    2012-11-16T13:36:00Z

    It’s a bit like having your birthday party down the road and then not going.

  • Last Resort
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    CBBC conjures up slot winner

    2012-11-09T08:00:00Z

    It’s not Harry Potter battling the alien bursting out of John Hurt’s stomach, but CBBC’s tale of aliens and wizards began nicely.

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    Fall brings US dramas

    2012-11-02T10:07:00Z

    In the US, the fall TV season is under way and the business of wondering what will survive is on. Some of those new dramas launched here this week, from sci-fi to a US take on Sherlock Holmes.

  • Moone Boy
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    Pop bios feel the Squeeze

    2012-10-19T11:31:00Z

    Squeeze, those melancholy minstrels, were indubitably marvellous, if in a more niche kind of way than, say, ELO.

  • Red Dwarf
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    Revival puts Dave in orbit

    2012-10-12T11:35:00Z

    Appropriately in the week the Voyager space ship left our solar system, Red Dwarf returned, crashing UKTV’s website, while Captain Kremmen’s alter-ego was remembered in a BBC4 biopic.

  • Ryder Cup
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    Golf swings it for Sky Sports

    2012-10-05T11:36:00Z

    I gave up golf years ago; I couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo. But I was gripped by the Ryder Cup on Sunday.

  • Tom Jones
    Features

    Football is the winner

    2012-09-28T10:19:00Z

    This week, Tom Jones recounted life from Pontypridd to Las Vegas, while China’s past gave up its secrets reluctantly.

  • Moone Boy
    Features

    Comedy with dose of reality

    2012-09-20T07:00:00Z

    At school, my best, least reliable friend was imaginary, so for me, Sky 1’s Moone Boy was more documentary than comedy.

  • British
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    The British give Sky a lift

    2012-09-13T08:00:00Z

    The Sky revolution continues apace and this week it was The British who were coming.

  • keith_lemon
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    Lemon puts squeeze on

    2012-09-06T08:29:00Z

    ITV2 is benefiting from that most citrus of fruits as Celebrity Juice returned in a Thursday night ‘squeeze of Lemons’.

  • Bad Education
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    Top marks for Bad Education

    2012-08-30T06:00:00Z

    Bad Education – the BBC3 Jack Whitehall sitcom, not the shabby treatment of GCSE English students – has found its feet quickly.

  • Yesterday_logo
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    Yesterday’s Secret is out

    2012-08-23T06:00:00Z

    I once worked at the Museum Of London and was party to some pretty interesting secrets, not least a need to obscure the mushroom vol au vents from the then arts minister at a museum do. However, Yesterday’s museum secrets no longer seem all hushed up.

  • Lemon_La_Vida_Loca
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    Lemon comes to ITV2’s aid

    2012-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Who needs actual reality when you can have a heightened version of it? That seemed to be ITV2’s thinking as Keith Lemon’s new series joined TOWIE in the schedules to good effect; an alternative to the Olympics.

  • Bradley_Wiggins
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    BBC3 races into the lead

    2012-08-02T08:00:00Z

    Growing up near Box Hill, I remember the Dorking mound as a place where the only bikers you saw were menacing angels caressing heavy looking chains; this weekend, sleeker cyclists took on the Hill on one of the plethora of dedicated Olympic channels.

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    Team Sky help out ITV

    2012-07-26T08:00:00Z

    An old bank manager of mine had long sideburns and was instantly nicknamed Sidies – it’s the only thing he has in common with Bradley Wiggins, who helped ITV4 (and ITV1) to some decent ratings.

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    Wiggins rides to the rescue

    2012-07-19T08:30:00Z

    Unlike the meandering amateur Boris bikers gawping at some distant London landmark, the Tour De France is hardcore cycling, where mountains are meant to be ridden up and over.

  • dynamo_yjt
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    The power of Dynamo

    2012-07-13T11:33:00Z

    If Sinbad had taken Dynamo with him, his adventures might have been made less perilous by the sudden appearance of a baize table upon which card tricks would be performed, arresting the attention of the pursuing baddies.

  • Alan Partridge
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    It’s smiles all round for Sky

    2012-07-05T08:00:00Z

    Sky Atlantic’s comedy night launched strongly with new shows from Alan Partridge, Armando Iannucci and Kathy Burke.

  • Jay-Z Live @ Hackney
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    Big weekend for music fans

    2012-06-28T13:59:00Z

    A brace of musical festivals and David Bowie helped BBC3, BBC4 and Sky Arts deliver strong figures.

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    TOWIE tour puts ITV2 top

    2012-06-22T09:23:00Z

    Marbella: Essex on steroids. The only surprise is that it’s taken the TOWIE gang this long to go. Poor Spain, isn’t it suffering enough? Elsewhere, Dan Cruikshank’s London stories did nicely and ITV4 and BBC3 did well out of the Euros.